It was a pretty low key day in the food department for me! After getting home so late last night, I didn’t really want to think about meals today, but I made do pretty well. I decided against a workout because of my lack of sleep!
For breakfast, I was craving a smoothie. I added mango chunks today, which I loved!
In the smoothie mix:
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup frozen cherries
- 1 cup frozen mango
- 2 tbsp hemp protein powder
- 1 tbsp ground flaxmeal
- 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1.5 cups water
I also munched on a piece of Banana Hemp Manna Bread with almond butter. I love that bread!
Lunch was leftover Mediterranean Quinoa Salad from yesterday eaten at my desk.
And, a yogurt parfait with cottage cheese instead of yogurt!
A few weeks ago, Daisy Cottage Cheese sent me some of their 2% Low Fat Cottage Cheese to sample. This is the first time I am digging into it! I was out of yogurt, since we didn’t get to the grocery store yesterday, so I figured it was the perfect time to try it out.
I have not had a lot of cottage cheeses, but overall I liked what I tried from Daisy! It was thick and creamy, unlike others that I have had. I topped my serving of cottage cheese with berries and my homemade Chocolate Coconut Banana Granola. One serving is 1/2 cup and contains 90 calories, 2.5 grams of fat and 14 grams of protein! Pretty good.
I plan to try out my samples a few different ways, so stay tuned!
For dinner, I wanted something easy again, but felt like comfort food. I decided on Zucchini ‘Pasta’!
I broke out my spiralizer, and sliced up 4 zucchini’s.
Then, I threw all of the ‘spaghetti’ in a saute pan over medium heat (already heated with a little olive oil).
Once heated threw, I added 3 laughing cow wedges to the pot and covered it for about 3-5 minutes until the cheese gets soft and melty.
Mix it all up! The cheese almost makes it like a light Alfredo sauce.
Along with the zucchini ‘pasta’, I made some homemade pita chips.
I took a whole wheat lavash roll-up from Whole Foods and spread it with a thin smear of butter, sprinkled with parmesan cheese and toasted in the toaster oven for one cycle. Once toasted, I cut them up into squares. They came out crispy and delicious! Perfect with our ‘pasta’.
Another super easy and quick meal, if you have a spiralizer. If not, you could throw the zucchini into the grater of a food processor, or chop by hand (but that would obviously take longer). These chips would work perfectly with lots of meals, and dipped in hummus!
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